Roller-bearing.



W. F. HUTHEH.

ROLLER BEARING. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24| I9|5 Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

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WILLIAM F. HUTHER, 0F CANTON, OHIO.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, WILLIAM F.. HUTHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller-Bearings, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to bearings of the type wherein accommodation is provided to reduce both the rotary frictions and the friction resultant from end thrust.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved lform of anti-friction bearing so arranged that both rotary and thrust friction will be reduced.

A second object of\ the invention is to provide a cage for such bearings which will keep the various elements in proper correl' lated position.

A third object of the'invention is to provide-an improved combination of cone and ball bearings. l r

With' the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, and specifically claimed'.

'lln the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicatelike parts 'in the several views, and Fig.'1, isa sectional view taken through a bearing as -applied to a shaft. Fig. 2, is a section on the line lI-llll of Fig. 1. FiglB, is a section on theline H1-111 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a detail perspective. view taken from that Vend of the cage which holds the balls of the bearing.

^ Fig. 5, is a detail perspective view taken from the opposite end of such cage. y

1n the present embodiment of the inven= tion, which is to be understood as merely one of those applications .of the device which may be made and which may be varied according t'o the ldesired use without departing. from its principles, there is disclosed a shaft 10 whereon is a cone 11 which has at its minorend an .enlargement 12 and atits major end an enlargement constituting a flange 13, provided-with a ball'seat or race 14, This cone is normally intended to rotate with respect to a cup 15 which-is piovided on its inner surface with a frustoconical face 16, a cone being provided on its outer surface with a frusto-conicall face 17, the two faces having a commonapex. Surrounding the cone isv a series of rollers Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 19106..

Application led May 24, 1915. Serial No. 30,086.

18'which are of frusto-conical form, the apices of the rollers being coincident with the apices of the frusto-conical-surfaces o1 the cone and cup, so that these rollers conring-'21, preferably formed in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cone and from which extends outwardly along the median plane of rotation of the rollers a series of ribs 22 having curved and diverging flange members 23. so arranged as to hold the cones in position. At

the maj or end of the rollers this cage is provided with a ring 24 having spaced open ings 25 therein which are axially alined with the rollers or bearings 18. Each of these openings 25 is formed by cutting out certain of the material of the ring 24 so asto leave a plurality of fingers 26 which are curved 1n such manner as to retain balls 20, between the sockets 24 and race 14, while `at the same time, allowing these balls to freely rotate in such a position.

Withthe arrangement above described it will be seen that the cup 15, togetherwith 'any parts which may be attached'thereto and which are not deemed necessary here to be shown, will freely revolve with respect to the conell onv account of the interposition between the cup and cone of the bearings 18. At the same time any tendency of the cup 15 tov cramp the bearings 18 between itself and the cone 11 will be counteracted by means of the balls 27so that free rotation is obtained under all'conditions. It is obvious that the cup 15- may be contained in any desired rotative member such as a gear wheel, pulley, or other like device. rlhere has thus been provided a simple and eificient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

lt is-obvlous that many minor changes may be made in tlfe form and construction of the device wit' out departing from the material principles thereof. llt is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as come within the scope claimed.

.a ball-receiving socket in its end, a ball in each socket, one member being provided with a ball-race, a cage consisting of a roller-receiving member, formed of sheet metal and provided with spaced struck-up portions bent away to form roller-retaining means and having one end turned inward toward the inner of said members, said cage further being provided at its other end -With a flange having spaced opernngs therein to receive the balls and being provided around 15 IVILLIAM F. HUTHER.

Witnesses WILLIAM JACOB, JOHN JACOB, Jr.

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